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spritz · 04-07-2015, 07:31 PM

Ours is 33 year's old and only works on propane. Stays at 32 degrees. Cold pop and make's ice in trays faster than the fridge in the S&B

I have had my eye on this unit. Pretty good price also.
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ody
Just now found these and they are 5-600 bucks cheaper, than CW Has anyone ever heard of this brand? The First one I looked at was a Fridgedare (sp)and electric only for just under 500 bucks.
Tim
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Papa_Jim · 04-07-2015, 11:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Waiter21

Deja Vu?

Residential Refrigerators operate off of 110. If you have a reasonably constant and reliable source of producing 110, be it from shore power, generator, battery/inverter, or various combinations, this could be a viable option.

The key is, you need to have 110 volts available at that outlet.

True.

We have a Magnum PS2812 inverter/converter, four 4D deep cycle house batteries. We don't even notice the power that the fridge uses.

Our old Norcold fridge was an absolute electricity power hog when it was on propane. It would not surprise me if I learned that our residential fridge uses less electricity than our Norcold did when it was on propane! I don't know that, but it wouldn't surprise me!

Jim

Mr_D · 04-07-2015, 11:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Lovin2Camp

Love the propane option!!!!!!
I would not want a coach without it.........But that's just me...

I used to think that way too, but I've seen enough change in the refers, inverters and battery banks to change my mind, at least for our use. We might go a week at like Quartzsite and that's about it.

PDR John · 04-08-2015, 08:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Papa_Jim

True.

We have a Magnum PS2812 inverter/converter, four 4D deep cycle house batteries. We don't even notice the power that the fridge uses.

Our old Norcold fridge was an absolute electricity power hog when it was on propane. It would not surprise me if I learned that our residential fridge uses less electricity than our Norcold did when it was on propane! I don't know that, but it wouldn't surprise me!

Jim

The old school thinking is that residential frigs draw 15 amp all day, everyday.

The truth is our 25cf Maytag draws 10 amps for around 1 hour out of the day. Cycling on and off, it just doesn't run as much as people think.

The most popular residential frig swap, only draws around 3.4 amps.

You can buy a 15cf residential frig, dedicated converter, extra batteries and solar system to help charge the batteries for about the same price as a Norcold/Dometic gas frig. Weight is close to the same as well.

Dr4Film · 04-08-2015, 09:03 AM

I did a power consumption study on my Samsung RF-197 fridge over a few months of use.

The results were that it used 1.81-1.83 KwH's per day.

If you do the math, P = V x I, where P = the Watts (1800), V = Volts (120) and I = Amps, you will get 15 amps for a 24 hour period.

This turned out to be 50% higher than what the Energy Sticker stated which was 445 KwH per year estimated.

Dr4Film ----- Richard

PDR John · 04-08-2015, 12:26 PM

Interesting finding, curious how many others could be that far off.

BeachDude · 04-08-2015, 04:58 PM

As others have mentioned, it really depends on the type of use that you will be primarily using your motorhome for.

They are as different as comparing apples and oranges. It's really not fair to directly compare them, because they each have their strength which is dependent on how you will use it. And they BOTH produce very cold beer, (unless you have a bad absorption refrigerator).

Essentially:

Absorption Refrigerator = Better for Boondocking.
Residential = Better when hookups are readily available.

That's it!

Yes, you can boondock with a residential refrigerator, but it generally costs an investment of several thousands of dollars for batteries, inverter, switches, fuse panels, and ultimately a good solar panel installation and a controller. All to accomplish exactly what the absorption unit can do naturally.

Jatlatch · 05-07-2015, 06:49 PM

propane frig. not getting cold , any help will do jat

nothermark · 05-07-2015, 06:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Jatlatch

propane frig. not getting cold , any help will do jat

Take a look at this thread:

http://www.irv2.com/forums/f50/refri...ml#post2546086

If that does not answer your problem then do a search for your model not getting cold. Assuming the lights light etc. If nothing works search for your model dead. If nothing found then start a thread for your model dead.